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25A745 Abiel Brathwaite v. Anthony Georgiades, Police Officer, Maryland Transportation Authority, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-12-23 Application circuit-split false-arrest fourth-amendment pro-se probable-cause section-1983 Whether the Fourth Amendment permits dismissal of a §1983 false arrest claim at the pleading stage when new exculpatory evidence potentially undermine…
24-6458 David C. Lettieri v. Federal Bureau of Investigation Second Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied IFP abuse-of-process constitutional-rights due-process false-arrest grand-jury probable-cause Whether a false arrest without probable cause constitutes a violation of due process rights
24-5607 Brandon Williams v. North Carolina, et al. North Carolina 2024-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process false-arrest probable-cause speedy-trial subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Supreme Court of North Carolina err in not addressing issues surrounding false arrest, due process violations, and potential constitutional in…
24-5174 Michael D. Carver v. City of Kalamazoo, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied IFP absolute-immunity fabricated-evidence false-arrest fourth-amendment franks-doctrine investigative-conduct malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity Whether Franks applies to material omissions, and whether probable cause is vitiated for a particular offense where the omitted information is exculpa…
24-5064 Rona Johnson Adeoye v. Clayton County DFCS Employees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conflicts-of-interest constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection false-arrest judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-1102 Timothy Allen Davis, Sr. v. City of Apopka, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process false-arrest immunity law-enforcement probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure section-1983 stand-your-ground Whether the federal court denied effect to the immunity provision of the state statute
23-6327 Noel Garcia v. Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied IFP absolute-immunity civil-rights constitutional-restrictions due-process false-arrest freedom-of-movement judicial-proceeding probable-cause unlawful-arrest Did the United States District Court and the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of Pennsylvania err in determining defendants are entitled to abso…
23-6306 Devon Austin Earl v. Brandon Harris, et al. Third Circuit 2023-12-19 Denied IFP civil-rights dismissal-with-prejudice due-process false-arrest forma-pauperis jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-litigation statute-of-limitations university-police issue being raised
23-530 Terrence R. Yoast v. Pottstown Borough, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied excessive-bail false-arrest false-imprisonment fourth-amendment heck-doctrine malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity section-1983 warrantless-arrest warrantless-entry Fourth-Amendment-in-presence-requirement
23-5481 Festus Okwudili Ohan v. Armando B. Fontoura, Sheriff, Essex County, New Jersey, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights digital-privacy due-process excessive-force false-arrest fourth-amendment law-enforcement malicious-prosecution probable-cause retaliation traffic-stop warrantless-search Which legal issues were raised in the SCOTUS petition?
23A94 Michael Boresky v. Jeremy Graber Third Circuit 2023-08-01 Presumed Complete bivens-claim collateral-order-doctrine false-arrest fourth-amendment qualified-immunity separation-of-powers Whether the collateral order doctrine permits immediate appellate review of district court rulings denying motions to dismiss based on the non-cogniza…
23-5092 Noel Brown v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2023-07-13 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process false-arrest favorable-termination habeas-corpus heck-v-humphrey judicial-procedure standing Whether the Third Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's false-arrest claim with prejudice, rather than without prejudice, in light of the favor…
22-6583 Keith Melillo v. City and County of Rice, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied IFP arrest-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest law-enforcement standing Whether the petitioner was denied the right to be free from false arrest and the courts discriminated against the petitioner as a disabled person
22-224 Brent Stroman, et al. v. John Wilson, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights false-arrest franks-v-delaware franks-violation grand-jury law-enforcement pleading-standards qualified-immunity section-1983 Questions Presented
22-64 Samuel Arrington v. City of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process excessive-force false-arrest false-imprisonment habeas-corpus heck-doctrine plea-agreement Whether Heck applies to a former prisoner who was ineligible to challenge his subsequent conviction through federal habeas
22-5021 Palani Karupaiyan v. L. Naganda, et al. Third Circuit 2022-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights conjugal-rights due-process false-arrest guardian-ad-litem injunctive-relief parental-rights pro-bono-counsel right-of-access-to-courts Question not identified
22-5013 In Re Megan Kyte 2022-06-30 Denied IFP 4th-amendment due-process false-arrest fourth-amendment habeas-corpus malicious-prosecution search-and-seizure sixth-amendment unreasonable-search Was petitioner denied her Fourth Amendment right to a pro se habeas corpus
21-7447 Peter Liounis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process emotional-distress false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey intentional-tort preponderance-of-evidence reasonable-doubt Whether the favorable termination requirement of Heck v. Humphrey must be satisfied in plaintiff's criminal case prior to filing a federal torts claim…
21-7036 Jeffrey Davis v. Orange County Sheriff's Office, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP arrest-validity civil-rights criminal-procedure detention-challenge district-court-procedure due-process false-arrest habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard prima-facie-evidence standing Whether the district court departed from the essential requirements of the law
21-726 Augustin Torres Gonzalez v. Steven Hahl, et al. Second Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response Waived arrest-standard civil-rights due-process false-arrest investigative-procedure judicial-review law-enforcement malicious-prosecution pendent-jurisdiction probable-cause state-policy totality-of-circumstances whether-officer's-deviations-from-policy-vitiated-probable-cause
21-5260 James E. Nottingham v. Laurel Harry, et al. Third Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-arrest habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge perjury standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the writ of certiorari should be granted in favor of the Petitioner James E. Nottingham for false arrest, perjury, fraud, void warrant, ineffe…
21-5131 Paul Noel Negrito, fka Paul A. E. Noel v. James Buonaugurio Second Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process false-arrest personal-service personal-use-vehicle probable-cause section-1983 traffic-infraction traffic-infractions Whether a user of a 'Personal Use Vehicle' has a right to maintain a section 1983 claim for false arrest
20-8166 David B. Portee v. Craig Koenig, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied IFP constitutional-violation false-arrest judicial-authority judicial-oath judicial-proceedings legal-validity oath-of-office state-court-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver-of-jurisdiction Should each Justice or Judge of the United States take the Oath of office or affirmation before performing the duties of office?
20-7696 Hamid Reza Ardaneh v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2021-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discriminatory-arrest due-process equal-protection false-arrest false-indictment forced-medication human-rights malicious-prosecution selective-prosecution Why were the defendant discriminated against and illegally arrested?
20-7506 Peter Gakuba v. Terry Grissom Seventh Circuit 2021-03-18 Dismissed IFP civil-rights conclusory-denial constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review standing Whether the USDC-HDIL-ROCHFORD violated Gakuba's due process and equal protection rights by issuing a wholly conclusory denial of his habeas corpus pe…
20-1016 Michael Kosterlitz v. The S/V Knotta Klu, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied civil-procedure contract-formation contract-law false-arrest federal-rules-of-civil-procedure florida-law title-transfer uniform-commercial-code Under Florida law, false arrest occurs when a person provides false information to the arresting officer, did the District Court properly rule that th…
20-6886 Zachary M. Enslow v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied IFP civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights due-process false-arrest illegal-incarceration speedy-trial Question not identified
20-6763 Arnold Maurice Mathis v. Zulaika Zoe Vizcarrondo Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP compensatory-damages false-arrest fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment qualified-immunity statute-of-limitations warrantless-search Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit correctly dismissed Petitioners Counts ILand IIL of the Original Complaint for false arrest on t…
20-6443 Scott Myers v. Patrolman Rowell, et al. Second Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 42-usc-section-1983 civil-rights false-arrest false-prosecution institutionalized-abuse malicious-prosecution municipal-liability Whether the complete reversals of the convictions affirm that malicious prosecution occurred, requiring the case to be remanded for a jury trial for c…
20-636 Shase Howse v. Thomas Hodous, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied and strike him in the neck when he poses no threa and whether a Fourth Amendment malicious prosecut tackle him circuit-split civil-rights excessive-force false-arrest fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution qualified-immunity unlawful-arrest Whether the law is clearly established that an officer cannot arrest a person whom the officer has no reason to believe committed a crime, tackle him …
20-497 Jamal A. Azeez v. West Virginia West Virginia 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-rights ex-post-facto false-arrest jury-selection megan-laws perjury prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination Did the lower court condone systemic injustice against Petitioner?
20-5690 Darrick Michael Loff v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-tampering false-arrest fourth-amendment law-enforcement malicious-prosecution probable-cause property-seizure search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether the arresting officer had permission to enter and search the appellant's family property, and whether it was legal for the officer to accept a…
20-218 Isidro Abascal-Montalvo v. City of New York, New York New York 2020-08-25 Denied cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-arrest mental-hygiene-law organized-stalking remote-electronic-assault standing statute-of-limitations Whether petitioner's causes of action relating to organized-stalking and remote-electronic-assaults are not inherently-incredible and state-a-cause-of…
19-8437 Joh-ner Taylor Wilson v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fabricated-evidence false-arrest fourth-amendment perjured-testimony probable-cause warrantless-arrest wrongful-conviction Whether Wilson's warrantless arrest and detention without probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment
19-7554 Roger Hillygus v. Frances Doherty, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983,false-arrest,due-process, due-process false-arrest guardianship-fraud judicial-procedure qualified-immunity standing Did the trial court err when it dismissed with prejudice all of Plaintiffs' claims under 42 USC § 1983 when Plaintiff Roger Hillygus has suffered fals…
19-928 Kenneth Fernandez Johnson, Jr. v. Sadie Darnell, Sheriff, Alachua County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights-statute due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution probable-cause Whether the Fourth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated due to false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42…
19-7395 Jean Crump v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection false-arrest grand-jury-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias racial-discrimination Whether a defendant's constitutional rights were violated when their court-appointed attorney failed to request a new judge despite being advised that…
19-7156 Robert E. Clayborne v. Brad Hansen, Warden Nebraska 2020-01-02 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process false-arrest habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing unlawful-detention Whether the petitioner's allegations of set-up for a false arrest petition for writ of habeas corpus are valid
19-6732 Martin Stanley Ivie v. Washington Washington 2019-11-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process evidence-tampering false-arrest false-evidence perjury police-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct state-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether state officials can use forged evidence to convict a U.S. citizen
18-9694 Oliver Douce v. New York New York 2019-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights false-arrest fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-self-incrimination first-amendment-free-speech fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure illegal-arrest illegal-search jurisdiction probable-cause search-and-seizure standing Whether fingerprints obtained from John Doe appellant should have been excluded from evidence as the product of false arrest and illegal search under …
18-9515 Brandon Christopher Pierre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights conviction-and-sentencing criminal-procedure due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment federal-jurisdiction malicious-prosecution probable-cause Under what circumstances can a federal court falsely and wrongfully indict, arrest, imprison, convict, and sentence an individual under the 'color of …
18A1251 City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. v. Maurice Lewis Seventh Circuit 2019-06-03 Presumed Complete accrual-of-claim false-arrest fourth-amendment legal-process qualified-immunity wrongful-detention Whether a Fourth Amendment claim for wrongful pretrial detention accrues when the detention ends or at a different point in time
18-9448 Darren Brady v. Sandra St. Pierre, et al. New Hampshire 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP city civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-denial due-process false-arrest government government-immunity impersonation-of-judges judicial-misconduct state-court-procedure state-law-officials witness-statements Whether impersonation of judges, government, city, state law officials is wrong and should not apply
18-9357 Mondrick Bradley v. Mississippi Mississippi 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest habeas-corpus malicious-prosecution sentencing standing unlawful-search Whether the SCOTUS petition raises issues related to due-process, civil-rights, equal-protection, unlawful-search, false-arrest, and malicious-prosecu…
18-9229 Matthew DeRyan v. East Valley School District Washington 2019-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada ada-protections ada-rights-violation administrative-investigation civil-rights disability disability-rights due-process false-allegations false-arrest federal-jurisdiction fraud-by-court k-12-classrooms social-security-disability standing wrongful-termination Whether the Lower courts, if in violation of Petitioner's Disability-Rights, disregarding attempts at asserting Federal-ADA-Rights, denials of motions…
18-1372 City of Newark, New Jersey v. Estate of Adriano Roman, Jr. Third Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied civil-rights consent-decree constitutional-violation false-arrest malicious-prosecution monell monell-claim probable-cause res-judicata Whether dismissal of a Monell claim is proper where all underlying claims against officers have been dismissed
18-8823 Omer Al Obaidy v. Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process false-arrest fifth-amendment fourth-amendment immigration immigration-removal self-incrimination sixth-amendment tenth-amendment unlawful-seizure Whether a long-term legal resident with no criminal record who was removed from the U.S. based on falsified records has due process rights
18-8488 Ronald E. Mitchell v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process eighth-amendment false-arrest liberty-interest missouri-corrections missouri-statute qualified-immunity wrongful-imprisonment Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claim for wrongful imprisonment despite evidence that the conduct violation was later …
18-1063 John Cottam v. Douglas Pelton Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emotional-distress fabricated-evidence false-arrest law-enforcement-fabrication malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity rule-56 summary-judgment Whether law enforcement fabrication of a felony charge against an innocent citizen precludes summary judgment on a false arrest claim
18-7530 Tonya Udoh, et vir v. Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 1983-claims 1985-claims 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights davis-v-monroe-county-board due-process emotional-distress false-arrest fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment haines-v-kerner minor-children miranda-rights monell-liability municipal-liability parental-rights pro-se-litigant qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing unconstitutional-statutes Whether pro se litigants are held to the same legal standards as counseled litigants
18-931 David Christopher Hesse v. Jason Kane Howell Texas 2019-01-17 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 abuse-of-process civil-rights civil-rights-violation color-of-law due-process false-arrest legal-procedure prosecutorial-immunity state-law-immunity texas-civil-practices-and-remedies-code wrongful-incarceration Are acting as a witness by swearing to facts, abusing process and committing crimes, acts that are foreign to the duties of a prosecutor? If so, is th…
18-6392 Mohsen Khoshmood v. Eastern Market Management District of Columbia 2018-10-19 Denied IFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights damages disability-discrimination due-process false-arrest free-speech government-misconduct law-enforcement police-misconduct standing Whether the petitioner is entitled to $100 million in damages for violations of their constitutional rights, including due process, equal protection, …
18-368 Cedrick Thomas v. Jeffrey Cozzi Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-20 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights detective-thomas district-of-columbia-v-wesby eleventh-circuit false-arrest fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause qualified-immunity Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the denial of probable cause and qualified immunity for Detective Thomas
18-234 Guadalupe Chaidez Campos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied civil-rights discretionary-function-exception due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment federal-tort-claims-act intentional-torts law-enforcement-proviso sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act restricts the law enforcement proviso's waiver of sovereign immunity for i…
18-5627 Carl Anthony Webb v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied IFP 4th-amendment arrest-procedure civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-violation due-process false-arrest false-evidence false-report false-testimony fourth-amendment law-enforcement video-evidence Whether the trial court's finding of fact and conclusion of law were an abuse of discretion
18-5485 William N. Washington v. Eric Arnold, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied IFP civil-case civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process false-arrest habeas-corpus heck-v-humphrey judicial-review malicious-prosecution parole qualified-immunity standing washington-v-diamond Whether a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right has been made by the petitioner, in light of the recent factual finding by the U…
18-5432 Ahmadou Sankara v. Liam O'Hara, et al. Second Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel malicious-prosecution search-and-seizure unlawful-search-and-seizure Whether the petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights were violated by an unlawful search and seizure, false arrest, and false imprisonment without consent…
18-133 Teddy Moore v. Christopher Bramwell, et al. New York 2018-07-31 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial false-arrest impartial-judiciary judicial-misconduct jury-trial malicious-prosecution state-court-jurisdiction state-court-review Whether the State Supreme Court of King County NY, The Supreme court appellate division second NY, and the Court of Appeal of the state of New York, v…